Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-25
SUM SPORTS.

The Hanlan-Gaudnur Boat. Race ~.
Greatest F'izzie Ever Seen In II.
West. e
Pullman, Ill, July 23-Probably 1hs
greatest nzziS OF q boat race ever rowaa
IN The west WAS the one here this afta,.
noon, In which Edward Hanlan ncmiu
ally defeated jacob Gaudsur, IL bad
been announced that the contest wonIa
be Tor the hamploGship oil Amsr,ca
Si,000 u side, auu To each oil The ns,t,'
cipants d slice OF the receipts ut the Data
In addition IL was expected the resnlt
would definitely decide whether Baplsn.
whom many people believe
the worlds greatest oarsman, had
virtually closed his care eel. The
race settled nothing, and wss
IN no particular q success, not even in
the matter OF gate receipts. About IL
ZO0 people only were present, instead
ofiS,000 or 10000, as expected. lhoss
who stayed away had cause to conesa.u.
late themselves, tor the whole affair was
characterized by execrable management.
to say nothing OF suspicion that the race
itself partook of the nature OF q hippo.
drome. The late and last contest be.
tween the two men in to-day's race was
rowed under q peculiar condition. Their
race on Decoration day took place in the
midst of a binding rain that prevented
close watch beng kept. To-day tAey
rowed IN the dark and watching OF any
kind was impossible. When Hsnlau
finished in front of the grand stand Gau.
daur Was a quarter of u mile away out
IN b middle of the lake. No one on
shore could see him, and rumors of oil
kinds were prevalent. Some believed
that he had been eans!zad while Others
thought he had given up and had been
taken aboard the press boat. Their
fears proved to be u%nfounded, however,
and he G o pulled down the channel to
the boat-houss. The race had been ad-
vertised to take place between 2 end 6.
2. m. and the people began to gather at
b O'Clock. There was not over 200
present, however, but they felt the
northwest breeze, and those who brought
%overcoats were fortunate. Five, 6 and I
O'Clock passed and there was no sign Of
the contestants. People were by this
time Disguised and tired out, not stand
ing that the water was not particularly
rough, though q fresh northwest breeze
was blowing. 1t was nearly s p. IN, be-
fore the contestantssmade their appear
ance. The delay was ostensibly
due to a disagreement between the
two oarsman, Gaudaur claiming
that the articles of agreement guaran-
teed HIM smooth water" At the last
when everybody was tamished and dis
gusted, Referee Harper declared be
would wait no longer and that if Gaud-
anr did not row the q 0 would be given.
to Hanlan. So finally they started. AT
the outset Gaudaur took the lead and
was half a length ahead as long as the
pair could be cen They had turned
the stake and were nearly half way to the
line before the wretched tub provided as
a press boat again allowed sight of either
through the darkness. Hanlan was
then eight or ten oar lengths ahead Of
Gaudaur, who was Rstonishlngly wild
of the course aud kept on SO.
At this juncture Gsndaur spurted
in q wonderful manns1, which
seemed TO indicate he must have won il
on his course. He kept ON obliquely
however, finishing on about equal terms
with Hanlan, as near as could be judged
by his position in the darkness. which
was almost total. He was disqualified
by his position and the race gwen Il
Hanlan, who finished in 20.32. Atte
the race, st. John, Gaudaur's hacker
said he told the latter to go out and los
the race. lie did this knowing Gaudau
could not afford to attempt to win whel
the agreements was not complied witt
the water SO much in favor Of Hanlan
He would not have allowed the race Il
be awarded HaDlan, only he wished t
satisfy the people by showing then
something fof their money.